9:19 PM,
Oct. 14, 2013

Michael Pullen of Dry Ridge outside the courthouse in Covington where he was convicted for actions he said 'popped people's balloons.'

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His lawyer dubbed him the Robin Hood of pranksters. Federal prosecutors characterized him as a computer hacker engaged in cyberbullying.

And a federal judge found him in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and sentenced him to five months in prison and two years on probation. Michael Pullen has to report on Oct. 21 to a federal work camp in Ashland.

What got the 38-year-old father of two from Dry Ridge in trouble was breaking into people's accounts on the social networking site SodaHead.com and changing posts that espoused conservative views. ...